Measuring Student Growth That Matters

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"Can we hug it?"- TeachersShort Answer: YES!!Big Data is VeryBIG!!But what is it?Amazon/UPSCrowd-sourcing for weather & trafficNBAYou're going to want these appsKindrClass DojoIFTTTGeniusFlipBoardStackUpDigital Badges: micro credentialsIFTTT: If This, Then That"Putting the web to work for you" through automationIFTTT = If This, Then ThatGood starting place: http://bit.ly/iftttbookmarksMeasuring Student Growth that Matters: Things You Can't GoogleNoah Geisel | @SenorGnoah@verseseducation.comhttp://tinyurl.com/growthdata"Big data is a popular term used to describe the exponential growth and availability of data, both structured and unstructured."Source: SAS http://www.sas.com/en_us/insights/big-data/what-is-big-data.htmlCopyright SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA, All Rights ReservedAnd is it a good thing?You can't divide by zero (an analogy)To exist is to create the potential for dataIf we can estimate the EPV of any moment of any given game, we can start to quantify performance in a more sophisticated way. We can derive the “value” of things like entry passes, dribble drives, and double-teams. We can more accurately quantify which pick-and-roll defenses work best against certain teams and players. By extracting and analyzing the game’s elementary acts, we can isolate which little pieces of basketball strategy are more or less effective, and which players are best at executing them.For years, we have talked about “advanced stats” when what we were really talking about was slightly savvier arithmetic. That’s going to change, whether we want it to or not.-Kirk Goldsberry on Grantlandhttp://grantland.com/features/expected-value-possession-nba-analytics/"The amount of data in our world has been exploding, and analyzing large data sets—so-called big data—will become a key basis of competition, underpinning new waves of productivity growth, innovation, and consumer surplus"Source: Mckinsey & Company http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/big_data_the_next_frontier_for_innovation(When we find ways to measure growth in areas thatMATTER.Stuff that can't be Googled.)Key question: What do Badges MEAN?In your classIn your schoolIn your districtIn your communityTo students who ask: "Why should I care?"Want to learn more about Digital Badges?http://tinyurl.com/badgechatflips#BadgeChatK12 | Mondays @ 6pm EST